As night fell, Feng Yuandao walked in the dimming palace road, with eunuchs carrying lanterns in front and guards escorting them behind.

The twilight sets off the majestic palace even more high, and it also makes people feel more small. Feng Yuandao looked at all this, and was worried in his heart, and he hit the back of his father-in-law in front of him without paying attention.

"I'm sorry," Feng Yuandao touched his head and smiled, "I'm distracted." ”

"Lord Feng, be careful," the palace man grinned politely, but as if someone had pinched the two pieces of skin at the corner of his mouth, "the front is the Taichu Palace." ”

Feng Yuandao was chilled by this smile.

Taichu Palace is the empress Sun Youwei's dormitory - in addition to going to court in the Xuanzheng Palace every day, she stays here most of the time, sometimes reviewing the chapters, sometimes receiving the audience of close ministers, and occasionally there will be some favored servants who can accompany the empress here to spend the night, but very few people can have the opportunity to stay until dawn, and often they are sent back to their respective dormitories in the second half of the night.

Feng Yuandao waited outside for a while, and it wasn't until Sun Youwei's female official Fuguang came out to announce his entry that he got up and stepped on the countless wide and thin stone steps outside the Taichu Palace.

After all, he shouldn't have been here for a year - the last time he was summoned to the palace, it was because Feng Yan fell into a coma inexplicably last year, and His Majesty summoned him to ask for details.

In the Taichu Palace, the lights flickered in the long wind of the summer night, and before he walked to the front of the palace, Feng Yuandao faintly heard the cry of an old woman, and he thought that there was something wrong with his ears, and when he got closer, he found that it was Xue Taiwei's wife Shao Shi.

The gray-haired Shaw was kneeling in a corner of the hall, weeping softly.

Guozi Priest Jiu Chen Ming and Yu Shi Zhongcheng Xu Dayou were also there, and when they saw Feng Yuandao entering the house, the two also took the initiative to salute.

After Feng Yuandao returned the salute, he found that the eyes of the two people were also red.

Just as he was wondering, Feng Yuandao suddenly heard a voice behind him, "Father-in-law", he was startled, and when he turned around, he saw Wei Xingzhen standing there.

"Hey...... It's Xingzhen," Feng Yuandao patted his heart, and when he calmed down, he approached and asked, "...... What about Your Majesty? ”

"Your Majesty is a little sleepy, so I will go to the back to rest first." Wei Xingzhen replied.

Feng Yuandao understood, "This is ...... What's wrong? ”

"Taiwei Xue fainted in front of the hall this evening." Wei Xingzhen paused, "It doesn't look like an ordinary fainting, the situation is somewhat similar to Ah Yan's condition last year......"

Feng Yuandao chuckled in his heart, and looked towards the Shaw family again, only to find that behind Chen Ming and Xu Dayou's figures, there was indeed a figure lying flat on the ground—but the lights were dim, and he didn't pay attention.

Feng Yuandao's eyes widened, "That's Taiwei Xue?" ”

"Hmm." Wei Xingzhen nodded.

Feng Yuandao's eyes changed, and he was about to speak, when there were footsteps outside.

Several people turned around at the same time, and Dali Siqing, dressed in black, walked in quickly with a few subordinates - the young Ji Ran was also among them.

After entering the hall, these people stood in the southwest corner of the main hall without squinting.

Seeing that there were more and more people in the hall, Feng Yuandao's heart rose again.

He has been idle in the court for so many years, and he doesn't want to worry about the affairs of the government and the opposition, he thought that in this life, An'an can eat the old book of his ancestors, who knows that the children born are the dragons and phoenixes among the people, so that people still can't live a leisurely life of drinking tea and teasing birds in middle age, and can only come to these stirring characters from time to time to brush their faces.

The only thing I am glad about is that I still have a son-in-law by my side at this time......

Feng Yuandao sighed in his heart—it felt like there was a wooden board to hold on to in the rough waves.

After a while, Sun Youwei, accompanied by floating light, slowly walked from behind the curtain, and everyone knelt down.

Today's Sun Youwei looked a little unhappy, and the face with solemn makeup looked even more terrifying.

"What's going on with the Eldest Princess's Mansion?" After Sun Youwei sat down, he spoke in a low voice.

The elder Dali Siqing bowed down and spoke, "Back to Your Majesty, the eldest princess hasn't woken up since this morning, and she still did the same when Zichen left the princess's mansion in the evening." ”

Sun Youwei looked at Feng Yuan again, "Ah Yan also fell into a coma for a while last year, right?" ”

"Yes," Feng Yuandao bowed down and said, "I slept for a whole month, and when I woke up, I was so thin that I hung ...... in one breath."

"Hear that?" Sun Youwei looked at the Shaw family.

Shaw's cry was noticeably lower.

"If I really want to take Xue Anshan's life, it won't be your turn to cry and mourn here, and you can do it on the day of the summer solstice," Sun Youwei's eyes showed a little mockery, "That day, Xue Anshan led his ministers to block the palace gate, and I just asked Wei Aiqing to beat my words for me...... Since I ascended the throne, I have never given such a great favor to any courtier! ”

Her eyes lit up, "You are still not satisfied, and today you come to accuse me of secretly doing it?" ”

Chen Ming and Xu Dayou kowtowed again and again, "Your Majesty, my wife is just worried about my teacher's body, so I didn't choose to say anything for a while, and I ask Your Majesty——"

Sun Youwei sneered, "If you dare to intercede again, you will be guilty of the same crime as the Shaw Family." ”

Only the sobs of the Shaw family could be heard in the hall for a while.

Chen Ming knelt down and walked a few steps forward, and said with tears in his eyes, "It's not that I want to ask for mercy, it's just that Taiwei Xue is old, and he is taken care of by his master and wife on weekdays...... The abruptness in front of the master's palace should be severely punished, but I am afraid that if you really do this, the people of the world will also misunderstand the saint, thinking that you are worried about the events of the summer solstice——"

"If we let the holy name be dusted because of this, then we will really die without atonement!"

Xu Dayou also cried and knelt down and kowtowed.

Feng Yuandao on the side was uncomfortable by this scene, although he missed the front, but when he heard this, he almost understood what was going on—it turned out that calling him over was to prove that the "lethargy disease" was indeed there......

"Ji Ran." The elderly Dali Siqing looked aside, "You can talk about the next thing." ”

"Yes." Ji Ran took a step forward, "The minister visited the house of someone who suddenly fell asleep at home last year. ”

He raised his eyes and glanced at Feng Yuandao, "There is a very interesting coincidence. ”

"What?"

"The five girls who fell into a coma last year, except for the misty son, the rest of them died in a surprisingly consistent state with Nie Xiaojun, who set fire to the Ming Hall a few days ago - all of them were emaciated like dead branches, and then turned into a little wild spirit, and disappeared in an instant.

"The only difference is that the five girls didn't wake up until they died, and this time Nie Xiaojun set fire to it before he died - it's like a puppet being manipulated."

Feng Yuandao was stunned, "What does it mean to turn into a wild spirit...... Didn't it mean that Nie Xiaojun jumped into the fire because of fear of sin, and his bones were gone? ”